Proverbs 20:17
Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.
Additional Resources
Referenced Verses
- Prov 9:17-18 : 17 "Stolen water is sweet. Food eaten in secret is pleasant." 18 But he doesn't know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
- Eccl 11:9 : 9 Rejoice, young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes; but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.
- Lam 3:15-16 : 15 He has filled me with bitterness, he has sated me with wormwood. 16 He has also broken my teeth with gravel stones; he has covered me with ashes.
- Heb 11:25 : 25 choosing rather to share ill treatment with God's people, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a time;
- Gen 3:6-7 : 6 When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit, and ate; and she gave some to her husband with her, and he ate. 7 The eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked. They sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
- Job 20:12-20 : 12 "Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue, 13 though he spare it, and will not let it go, but keep it still within his mouth; 14 yet his food in his bowels is turned. It is cobra venom within him. 15 He has swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again. God will cast them out of his belly. 16 He shall suck cobra venom. The viper's tongue shall kill him. 17 He shall not look at the rivers, the flowing streams of honey and butter. 18 That for which he labored he shall restore, and shall not swallow it down. According to the substance that he has gotten, he shall not rejoice. 19 For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up. 20 "Because he knew no quietness within him, he shall not save anything of that in which he delights.
- Prov 4:17 : 17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
Similar Verses (AI)
These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.
- 78%
17 "Stolen water is sweet. Food eaten in secret is pleasant."
- 75%
3 Don't be desirous of his dainties, since they are deceitful food.
- Job 20:12-143 verses75%
12 "Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue,
13 though he spare it, and will not let it go, but keep it still within his mouth;
14 yet his food in his bowels is turned. It is cobra venom within him.
- Prov 27:6-72 verses74%
6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; although the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
7 A full soul loathes a honeycomb; but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.
- Prov 23:6-83 verses74%
6 Don't eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and don't crave his delicacies:
7 for as he thinks about the cost, so he is. "Eat and drink!" he says to you, but his heart is not with you.
8 The morsel which you have eaten you shall vomit up, and lose your good words.
- Prov 20:14-163 verses72%
14 "It's no good, it's no good," says the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.
15 There is gold and abundance of rubies; but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.
16 Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.
- 71%
20 A man's stomach is filled with the fruit of his mouth. With the harvest of his lips he is satisfied.
- 71%
2 By the fruit of his lips, a man enjoys good things; but the unfaithful crave violence.
- 70%
14 A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth. The work of a man's hands shall be rewarded to him.
- 70%
17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
- 70%
18 Plans are established by advice; by wise guidance you wage war!
- 70%
16 Have you found honey? Eat as much as is sufficient for you, lest you eat too much, and vomit it.
- 70%
25 It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, then later to consider his vows.
- 70%
26 For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life.
- 70%
13 My son, eat honey, for it is good; the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to your taste:
- 70%
5 A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.
- 69%
23 A wicked man receives a bribe in secret, to pervert the ways of justice.
- 69%
7 All the men of your alliance have brought you on your way, even to the border. The men who were at peace with you have deceived you, and prevailed against you. Friends who eat your bread lay a snare under you. There is no understanding in him."
- 69%
19 "You give your mouth to evil. Your tongue frames deceit.
- 69%
6 Getting treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death.
- 69%
20 "So is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats and wipes her mouth, and says, 'I have done nothing wrong.'
- Prov 26:27-282 verses69%
27 Whoever digs a pit shall fall into it. Whoever rolls a stone, it will come back on him.
28 A lying tongue hates those it hurts; and a flattering mouth works ruin.
- 69%
21 To show partiality is not good; yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.
- 69%
7 His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
- 69%
20 Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil, but joy comes to the promoters of peace.
- 68%
3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit. He has ceased to be wise and to do good.
- 68%
19 One who works his land will have an abundance of food; but one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.
- 68%
20 One who has a perverse heart doesn't find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.
- 68%
20 So that his life abhors bread, and his soul dainty food.
- 68%
30 Men don't despise a thief, if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry:
- 68%
26 The appetite of the laboring man labors for him; for his mouth urges him on.
- 68%
19 is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, "Am I not joking?"
- 68%
11 He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who chases fantasies is void of understanding.
- 67%
21 His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war. His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.
- 67%
17 that they may want bread and water, and be dismayed one with another, and pine away in their iniquity.
- 67%
4 But in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two-edged sword.
- 67%
12 Her rich men are full of violence, her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their speech.
- 67%
19 Confidence in someone unfaithful in time of trouble is like a bad tooth, or a lame foot.
- 67%
18 That for which he labored he shall restore, and shall not swallow it down. According to the substance that he has gotten, he shall not rejoice.
- 67%
7 All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
- 67%
20 "Because he knew no quietness within him, he shall not save anything of that in which he delights.
- 67%
20 He feeds on ashes. A deceived heart has turned him aside; and he can't deliver his soul, nor say, "Isn't there a lie in my right hand?"